SEM feather melanosomes (IMAGE)

University College Cork

SEM feather melanosomes

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False colour scanning electron microscopy image of zebrafinch feather showing the feather cortex (in blue) and melanosomes (melanin-rich granules, in orange). Scale bar indicates 1 µm.

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Pic Dr Tiffany Slater.

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